New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
SUNDAY EDITION.
AUGUST ID, 1897.
DOM PEDRO "DOINGn PARIS.
VISITING DOCTORS AND MONUMENT MAX.
ERS-TBE EMPRESS.


trRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE rrrsrsxl
PARIS July 80.
The Emperor OF Brazil does not lose much time.
Were he an American from New England and want
ing to " do Paris he could not show more eager.
ness and activity. Nobody could fancy that he 10
the senior sovereign in respect to length of reign in
tho world, or that he was born, bred and his lines
cast in tropical country. His old age" as he
put it joculary, waited the other day the white
haired vouth of NJ. Chevreul, the centeuarian.
He has been to tie Institute 10 Pasteurs, to tho
Observatory, to Faguere's bronze-casting work.
shops to the studios of Mercie and Paul Pujo. tie
sculptors to Psre Lachaise to see the tomb OF
Micheet by Merce. and he is sorry that he cannot
20 to the Mausoleum Of Drenx to see that OF Louis
Philippe and Marie Louise. and the one OF the late
Duchesse dOrleans by that artist Dom Pedro Is
a Catholic But he is to, broad-minded aud large
hearted not to be shocked vt the isolation in tho
crypt there of the Duchesse, who was really an
ideal woman-noble. sweet, pure of heart and
steadfast in the discharge Of duty. But she was
Protestant, and although she adored the husband
who was taken from her after five years of happi.
ness, it was decided that she could not sleep tho
sleep of death beside him. That old Neapolitan
bigot Marie Amelie ascribed to the Protestant ism
of her eldest son's wife the judgments" which
overlook tue family of Louis Philippe, aud ruled
that she was not to be buried in the same vault
with him. When Mercies recumbent statue OF tho
Duchess was exhibited two years ago in the Palais
do PIndustrie, the expression of uneasiness Vas
given to the attitude of the body, which seemed TO
he settling into the fxity of death after restless
longing for something she corld not find. hand
is stretched ont. Why hole has been made in
the wall of partition which separates the tomb Of
the wife from that of the husband, and the cot
stretched hand is to signify that she seeks to be res
united to him.
The Emperor particularly went to Merc.es to see
the monument which is to be erected in honor of
Admiral Courbet, whom he had often had on
visit to him at Rio. Admiral Ga!iber an old
acquaintance oil Dom Pedro, awaited HIM. His
Majesty said he never a finer thing and
thought it in all respects worthy Of Admiral
Courbet, whom he held in nigh esteem Dom
Pedro then went to DIR. Henloque's, " here l saw
MIN. He spent nearly an hour looking at The
different ana yses Of blood which the doctor made
for him, aud caused some of his ON n to be ana
lyzed. 1t showed traces OF arrangement of the
kidneys as we'll as of the liver The Emperor con-
fessed to fondness for oranges, lemons and
crushed ice, warmed up With rum. He was told 10
give il up. lie never attacked he said, by
yellow fever cholera and he thought as he had
led an active life and is now an old man that his
favorte drink was, like Voltairc's coffee, very
slow poison. lhe Einpes0r complains OF the weigus
of body that his inner man has to put in motion.
He did not mind his size until age had made bones
and muscles dense. IL appears that his liver IS In
a very bad way aud lie has positively no relish for
fool. The skin is getting jaundiced hue. lie
goes to CARLSBAD next week. The grandson.
Augustus of Saxe-Coburg who travelled shore
time ago in the United States, Is with him. Tho
Bulgarians think of asking him to DO their Prince
should Russia strongly object to his young uncle.
Ferdinand. Pedro or Peter is to be held III reserve
rs her-presumptive to the Empire OF Brazil, the
oh nj the Princpaa mperl2l being ScrOfulOuJ
and weakly.
The Empress of Brazil is about the height OF
Qncen Victoria. She has long face, long body
and short legs so that she waddles lab0riously IN
walking When she and her husband we're young
they must have been absurdly matched pair, no
being as tall as II bred among the blue grass OF
Kentucky. The Empress stops at the churches by
prayer for the relatives she has lett behind Ihs
climate of BrazF generates maladies which strike
down with fearfu suddeDness. IL Is courageous OK
this little old lady, who is not q good sailor. to
cross 1T her age from Rio to Lisbon with the PROS
pect Of recrvsslDe. She greatly misset the orleans
family. The Duo and Duchesse de Charities are ~
Den ark the Due de Nemours in Switzerland. and
Chantilly making an inventory OF the furniture
which he intends to leave there. HE Empress
went to see the exQueep of Spain before the latter
started for Schwal and Schlangenbad ana
spent a cosey morning with her. Isabella read her
n number of letters from the Ilfauta Eulaa about
the Queens Jubiee The lnfanta carried her poins
in wearing on all occasions the Spanish veil anu
mantila. She was delighted With the K ndness she
received but identity thought like Froisssrt that
the English are not ia sufficiently demonstrative
nation and that tho arstOcratic class amuse them-
selves III dumb show.